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Monday, February 28, 2005
Siyum Hashas and the Academy Awards Whatever one thinks about the Siyum Hashas, it is an event at which many of the world's leading rabbis join together in celebration. L'havdil (in differentiation), the Academy Awards is an event at which many of the world's leading actors join together in celebration. One of the customs at the Academy Awards is to pay tribute to leading entertainment figures who have passed away in the year since the previous Oscars. The last Siyum Hashas was in 1997, and I think it is appropriate to think about the number of leaders who have passed away since then. I do not mean to be flippant; this is a sobering reminder of how much spiritually weaker we have become in a relatively short amount of time. In no particular order, here are some of the leading figures in the Torah world who we have lost since the last Siyum Hashas: Rabbi Avrohom Pam, zt'l Rabbi Elazar Schach, zt'l Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg, zt'l Rabbi Nachum Bulman, zt'l Rabbi Mordechai Gifter, zt'l Rabbi Avigdor Miller, zt'l Joseph Kaminetzky, zt'l Rabbi Ahron Soloveitchik, zt'l | "
